Prepositions Time on days of the week on Monday in months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?) in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour at for night for weekend a certain point of time (when?) at night at the weekend at half past nine since from a certain point of time (past till now) since 1980 for over a certain period of time (past till now) for 2 years ago a certain time in the past 2 years ago before earlier than a certain point of time before 2004 to telling the time ten to six (5:50) past telling the time ten past six (6:10) to / till / until marking the beginning and end of a period of time from Monday to/till Friday till / until in the sense of how long something is going to last He is on holiday until Friday. by in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time I will be back by 6 o clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages. 1
Prepositions Place (Position and Direction) room, building, street, town, in the kitchen, in London country in the book in book, paper etc. in the car, in a taxi car, taxi in the picture, in the world picture, world at meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work) at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work on attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio by, next to, beside left or right of somebody or something Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car. under on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else the bag is under the table below lower than something else but above ground the fish are below the surface over covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also across) overcoming an obstacle put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall above higher than something else, but not directly over it a path above the lake 2
getting to the other side walk across the bridge across (also over) swim across the lake getting to the other side through something with limits on top, bottom and the sides drive through the tunnel to movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed into enter a room / a building go into the kitchen / the house towards movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it) go 5 steps towards the house onto movement to the top of something jump onto the table from in the sense of where from a flower from the garden Other important Prepositions from who gave it a present from Jane of who/what does it belong to what does it show a page of the book the picture of a palace by who made it a book by Mark Twain on walking or riding on horseback entering a public transport vehicle on foot, on horseback get on the bus in entering a car / Taxi get in the car 3
leaving a public transport off get off the train vehicle out of leaving a car / Taxi get out of the taxi by rise or fall of something travelling (other than walking or horseriding) prices have risen by 10 percent by car, by bus at for age she learned Russian at 45 about for topics, meaning what about we were talking about you Uses of Prepositions after Certain Verbs account for agree on (something) agree with (someone) apologize to apply for approve of argue with (someone) ask for believe in belong to blame (someone) for (something) blame (something) on (someone) borrow from call on (upon) care for compliment (someone) on come from consent to consist of convince (someone) of (something) decide on (upon) depend on (upon) get rid of hear about hear from hear of insist on (upon) invite (someone) to laugh at listen for listen to look at look for 4
look forward to composed of object to content with plan on dependent on (upon) provide for different from (than) provide with disappointed in recover from due to remind (someone) of followed by search for fond of see about have respect for substitute for talk about in accordance with angry at (someone) talk of angry with (someone) telephone to based on think about independent of think of in regard to wait for interested in wait on (meaning serve) limited to Uses of Prepositions with Certain Adjectives and in Idiomatic Expressions married to proud of according to related to accustomed to resulting from angry about (something) similar to capable of tired of 5